The kanji 啓: meaning, readings and stroke order
啓
- Meaning
- open up, enlighten
- On reading
- ケイ kei
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 口 mouth, opening
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- mở mang, khai sáng (khải)
- Japanese
- ひらく。おしえ みちびく。
- Korean
- 열다, 일깨우다 (계)
- Chinese
- 开启、启发 (启)
Readings, words and example sentences
ケイ kei · on reading · less common
啓発
raising awareness, self-improvement
自己啓発の 本を 読みます。
I read books on improving myself.
Practise writing 啓 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 啓 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.